The systemic response and the children and their families all bring their individual learned patterns of language and culture which must be understood to ensure the safety of children and provide effective advocacy services. This session discusses cultural competency in the context of community-based advocacy with the nonoffending caregivers of children who have been sexually abused.

Advocates Miguel Morfa and Kimber Nicoletti discuss their anti-sexual-violence work with Latin@ communities during an October 2012 training. Miguel is a direct service counselor at Crime Victims Council of the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania. Kimber is the director of Multicultural Efforts to end Sexual Assault (MESA) at Purdue University in Indiana. (6:34 min)

The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape's Liz Zadnik discusses the Info Packet Sexual violence & individuals who identify as LGBTQ. The packet includes several resources focused on serving, engaging, and collaborating with individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, qu

The presenter of the webinar shares services that are available to students on a college campus, unique reporting options, challenges and issues pertinent to college students and those advocating for them, and how a local sexual assault program has developed an ongoing relationship with a university in the area.

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